HONORS, AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

•  2014    Future Professoriate Graduate Certificate (In progress), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 2013    Honorable Mention, Forest Science and Technology Board Student Presentation Competition, 2013 Society of American               Foresters National Convention
• 2011    National Needs Fellowship, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 2011    Georgia Pacific Deans Fellowship, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 2006    Madera Roja, Al Smith Outstanding Forestry Achievement Award, Cal Poly Corporation 
• 2006    Roy Richards Memorial Scholarship, California Licensed Foresters Association
  

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• Society of American Foresters
• California Licensed Foresters Association
• Association of Consulting Foresters
• Council on Forest Engineering
• American Geophysical Union
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
  

SERVICE

• Committee Member - 2014 Virginia Tech Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Graduate Research Symposium
• Student Representative,  Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Graduate Affairs Committee (August 2011 to August 2012)
• Volunteer – Northern California Society of American Foresters, Forestry Conservation Days, April 2011, Saratoga, CA.
• Volunteer – Reedley College FFA Field Day (Forestry Competition), April, 2011, Reedley, CA

 
GRANTS AWARDED

• Contributor - United States Department of Education,  HSI STEM Grant, $870,000 per year for 5 years (2011-2016), grant funding was secured to develop a state of the art GIS and GPS learning environment comprised of a remodeled classroom, new hardware (including new  computers as well as handheld and survey grade GPS units) and software (i.e. ArcMap).